What is Self Organising Teams? The definition of a self-organising team is a group people that organises themselves to complete the work they have been given. The team would choose what the best way it can achieve the goal that it has been set. The team as a whole would decide who does what and … [Read more…]
So, you have become a certified Scrum Master but what does this mean. To be honest with you, I would Not hire anyone who only has just the scrum master certification because that is only a two days course that provides a minimal understanding of Scrum framework. Also, if you try to lead a … [Read more…]
How to win Friends and Influence people One of my all time favourite book is the “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. I found this book in one of the HBR articles as a must-read for all business leaders, so I picked this up on my way to work, and I … [Read more…]
One of the greatest inspirational personality for me to look up to is Warren Buffet. Warren Buffett is the third richest person in the world, and he has made his billions from Walls Street. He has been using old fashion, tried and tested low-risk investment strategy. I might not be an investor on Wall Street … [Read more…]
Introduction Wherever you work, you will regularly find people who make your job hard, and you all know the sort of people I am talking about? These are the people who are just either real negative, offensive, or unwilling to take part in team activities. As Scrum Master, you don’t have any formal authority, so … [Read more…]
As a Scrum Master, you should take it as your duty to inspect every single process to see what value it delivers. You will find that many processes only produce no / limited benefit or value and as a Scrum Master, you should eliminate these. Pareto principle (80/20) states that on average 80% of value … [Read more…]
Every team has its own distractions but to deliver robust application the team needs to focus on sprint tasks and avoid distractions. I had a major challenge with one of my team where over 50 % off the team members were internally recruited, and they were alway getting distracted by their old team members by … [Read more…]